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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?
(a) Hilly.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Minny.
(d) Aibileen.

2. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?
(a) Celia told her she was fired.
(b) Johnny Foote found her in the house and fired her.
(c) Celia's mother-in-law fired her.
(d) Hilly Holbrook told Celia the truth about Minny and Celia fired her.

3. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?
(a) They know about her book.
(b) They think she is not good enough for Stuart.
(c) They dislike her clothing.
(d) They dislike her hair.

4. What appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?
(a) A refrigertor.
(b) A dish washer.
(c) A clothes washer.
(d) Air conditioning.

5. Why does Hilly claim that blacks and white should never attend the same school together in chapter 14?
(a) The risk of the transmission of disease.
(b) Blacks are not smart enough to keep up with whites.
(c) The blacks would harm the whites.
(d) They are too different.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political office is Hilly's husband running for as she announces in chapter 12?

2. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

3. Who is Pascagoula's cousin?

4. What item does Skeeter accidentally leave at behind in chapter 13 when she rushes out of the League meeting?

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

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